BMX Sounding Data for Tuscaloosa Tornado 1998

KBMX Soundings

Both the 1800 and 0000 UTC soundings are shown below. The SHARP workstation was used to produce the Skewt and Hodographs.

April 8 ^th 1800 UTC sounding data.

72230 TTAA  58181 72230 99989 20215 21004 00084 ///// ///// 
92756 18004 21514 85479 14605 24028 70093 05465 24038 50575 
12562 24084 40741 22756 24582 30946 37573 25087 25069 47167 
25125 20214 54565 25115 15395 61963 24598 10640 67561 25566 
88105 71761 25582 77123 25629 42545 77238 25128 41713 51515 
10164 00053 10194 22016 23533=
72230 TTBB  58180 72230 00989 20215 11957 18404 22850 14605 
33778 10015 44713 05257 55703 05466 66673 03865 77623 01561 
88592 05168 99505 12766 11481 13957 22469 15370 33424 21766 
44410 22757 55388 23560 66342 31360 77325 33969 88300 37573 
99235 50166 11105 71761 22100 67561 31313 05102 81702=

PPBB  58180 72230 90012 21004 20006 20012 90346 22517 23524 
24035 90789 23534 23532 23532 91245 23548 23551 23551 916// 
23557 9205/ 24092 24580 93015 24590 25587 25124 936// 25128 
945// 24594 9503/ 25629 25574=


LFC =  846mb                  BMX / 04/08/98 /  18Z                     V(2/98)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+............. 1300 J/Kg                  K-Index............  27     
        B-.............    0 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.40 in
        LI.............   -5                       Showalter Index.... -6      
        Cap Strength...    0.3 C                  Total Totals.......  55     
        LPL..(PMAX)....  1893 ft/ 925 mb           Sweat Index........  460    
                                                                            
        Tropopause.........  52200 ft.             700-500mb LR...  6.7 C/km 
        Equilibrium Level..  36400 ft.             TEI( 920- 700). 21.9 C     
        Max Parcel Level...  47400 ft.             BRN............   10        
        Wet-Bulb Zero......   9300 ft.             BRN Shear......  130 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 243/ 67 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux...... 298 g/kg/hr  
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 236/ 36 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 7 (10-3 S-1)
        Storm Motion....... 243/ 51 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km)..  10         
                                                                           
        Energy/Helicity Index...  0.76      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 55 (M/S)
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April 9 ^th 0000 UTC sounding data.

72230 TTAA  59001 72230 99984 21041 16011 00034 ///// ///// 
92711 18605 ///// 85436 16408 22035 70063 06456 23552 50573 
13957 24073 40738 25576 25078 30941 39567 25114 25063 48761 
25131 20207 51962 25623 15390 61961 25077 10636 67760 25078 
88118 68760 25105 77268 25636 43520 77189 25635 43258 51515 
10164 00057 10194 ///// 22547=
72230 TTBB  59000 72230 00984 21041 11981 23233 22925 18605 
33850 16408 44729 08412 55700 06456 66677 05270 77666 04872 
88563 05967 99548 07559 11538 08760 22516 11747 33507 13145 
44497 14359 55488 15173 66433 20780 77226 53361 88195 52162 
99118 68760 11100 67760 31313 05102 82300=

PPBB  59000 72230 90034 16011 20022 21530 90567 22541 22543 
22547 9089/ 22549 22551 91124 24050 23549 23552 916// 24059 
92035 24080 24074 25080 9289/ 25099 25091 93035 25098 25636 
25131 937// 26103 9414/ 25635 25072 95013 25104 25107 24585=


LFC =  805mb                  BMX / 04/09/98 / 00Z                      V(2/98)
                          OBSERVED SOUNDING PARAMETERS

  +--------------------------CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL----------------------------+
        B+............. 2178 J/Kg                  K-Index............  41     
        B-.............    3 J/Kg                  Precip Water.......  1.50 in
        LI.............   -8                       Showalter Index.... -9      
        Cap Strength...    0.7 C                  Total Totals.......  61     
        LPL..(PMAX)....    85 ft/ 981 mb           Sweat Index........  641    
                                                                            
        Tropopause.........  49800 ft.             700-500mb LR...  7.6 C/km  
        Equilibrium Level..  37700 ft.             TEI( 860- 660). 26.1 C     
        Max Parcel Level...  51400 ft.             BRN............   13        
        Wet-Bulb Zero......   9900 ft.             BRN Shear......  169 (M/S)
  +---------------------------WIND / STORM TYPE------------------------------+
        Cloud Lyr Mn Wind.. 244/ 74 kts     0-2km SR MoFlux...... 374 g/kg/hr  
        Mean Wind (0-6Km).. 229/ 41 kts     Pos Shear   (0-2Km).. 11 (10-3 S-1)
        Storm Motion....... 244/ 56 kts     SR Dir Shr  (0-3km)..  4        
                                                                           
        Energy/Helicity Index...  2.82      SR Helicity (0-3Km).. 220 (M/S)   
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